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| 762608 | 2009-04-06 00:08:00 | I am trying to use WMP 11 to play commercial DVD Movies . They play o . k . but too much saturation and dull . There are 4 controls below the screen, Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation . These are not working . Sound is O . K . because I installed AC3 filter . Can any one explain why these controls don't work . Cyberlink Power DVD Ver . 5 which came with my burner works fine . I am using XP and am at a loss to understand why the 4 controls I mentioned don't work . If they don't work, what is the purpose of having them . Thank you |
Alan Keatinge (14803) | ||
| 762609 | 2009-04-06 01:16:00 | Try VLC media player which is free. Download from here www.videolan.org :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 762610 | 2009-04-06 01:33:00 | VLC is a great program, the latest version (0.9.9) fixed a couple of annoying bugs too, its really good now. However, if you want to use WMP, try installing the k-lite codec pack (www.free-codecs.com) (direct link), and see if that helps at all with the video playback. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 762611 | 2009-04-06 06:00:00 | I downloaded VLC and it works very well. But am interested in knowing why WMP with its 4 controls won't work. Microsoft put them there for some purpose surely, and I fail to understand why I have to use another program for DVD's when WMP is already there. Maybe some plug in is missing or my video card is not good enough. Thank you for your help. |
Alan Keatinge (14803) | ||
| 762612 | 2009-04-06 06:05:00 | WMP isnt exactly the best program to use for DVD. You probably still need codecs or something for certain things to work | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 762613 | 2009-04-06 08:20:00 | Yes and some of the things that don't work on it, you have to pay for the add on, for it too work. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 762614 | 2009-04-06 08:32:00 | I find Mplayer best for movie watching;) | Blam (54) | ||
| 762615 | 2009-04-06 08:47:00 | Does your video codec have a separate configuration panel outside of WMP? You may need to adjust the settings while the media is not playing, otherwise you may not see a difference |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 762616 | 2009-04-10 08:20:00 | At last I have workrd out why the 4 controls won't work with a standard DVD. They will only work with a Windows Media Video WMV. I converted a small portion of a standard DVD and everything works perfectly. Brightness,Contrast, Saturation and Hue. And there dosn't seem to be any codecs around which will allow the controls to work with Mpeg's. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. Alan Keatinge |
Alan Keatinge (14803) | ||
| 762617 | 2009-04-10 10:27:00 | I find media player classic the best for almost everything and think it is better than vlc You can get it at cccp.org. that's combined community codec pack. It comes with two players and will play 109 different file types.Its free too. | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
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